'Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy'

Focus Features

John Le Carré's classic spy novel was adapted into a successful miniseries in the late 1970s, but this is the first time the story has gotten the feature-film treatment. A crazy-good cast that includes Gary Oldman, Tom Hardy, Colin Firth, Mark Strong and "Sherlock's" Benedict Cumberbatch, plus Le Carré's genius at building tension, have us itching to see how the game plays out. Release date: Dec. 9 -- Rick Porter, Zap2it

John Le Carré's classic spy novel was adapted into a successful miniseries in the late 1970s, but this is the first time the story has gotten the feature-film treatment. A crazy-good cast that includes Gary Oldman, Tom Hardy, Colin Firth, Mark Strong and "Sherlock's" Benedict Cumberbatch, plus Le Carré's genius at building tension, have us itching to see how the game plays out. Release date: Dec. 9 -- Rick Porter, Zap2it (Focus Features)

John Le Carré's classic spy novel was adapted into a successful miniseries in the late 1970s, but this is the first time the story has gotten the feature-film treatment. A crazy-good cast that includes Gary Oldman, Tom Hardy, Colin Firth, Mark Strong and "Sherlock's" Benedict Cumberbatch, plus Le Carré's genius at building tension, have us itching to see how the game plays out. Release date: Dec. 9 -- Rick Porter, Zap2it